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Friday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the third confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEE) infection in a man over 60 exposed to the virus in northern County of Franklin.
As a result of the confirmed infection, the cities of Heath and Colrain are now at a critical risk of EEE contamination.
In addition, two horses – one in Mendon and one in Uxbridge – have also been tested positive for the EEE virus, which has raised the critical level in this city as well.
The DPH also announced that ten cities in Worcester County – Blackstone, Douglas, Dudley, Holliston, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville, Oxford, Uxbridge and Webster – have been added to the spray area for aerial spraying in Worcester County Sunday, August 25th.
Berlin, Hopkinton, Milford, Millbury, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Worcester, Upton, Grafton, Southborough and Westborough are among the 13 communities in Worcester County already announced.
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